Cuff-holder.



P. T. MOLLER.

CUFF HOLDER APPLICATION FILED APR-8 1915.

1,13,943. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

- INVENTOR A TTORIVE Y PEDER T. MULLER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed April 8, 1915. Serial No. 19,863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PnonaT. MoLLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf-Holders, of which the following is a full, true, and exact specification.

My invention relates to cufi holders and has for its principal object; to provide a novel device of the character described which is removably attachable to the arms, either outside the shirt sleeve or within as desired, and which provides means for ad justably securing a cufi to the device.

A preferred form of my device provides an additional feature in a means for adjustably and removably securing the cuif holder to the inner side of a coat sleeve and thereby provide a means for adjustably fixing the relative positions of the cuff and the coat sleeve so as to give a uniform and predetermined amount of cull display.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the ap pended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of my device. tion of Fig. 1 showing a fragment of a cuff attached. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a preferred form of my device with parts broken away.

Referring more particularly to thedraw ings, Figs. 1 and 2, numeral 1 designates a spring band or bracelet to which is secured a spring cufi clamp 2 which is bent back upon itself as at 3. The cuff 4 is inserted into the clamp as shown in F ig. 2. The band 1 is adjusted to he slipped over the wrist of the wearer either inside or outside the shirt sleeve, but preferably outside and just above the usual wrist band on an outside shirt.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, numeral 5 indicates a wrist band or bracelet to which is secured one end of an extension strap 6. Slidably secured to strap 6 is a slide 7 which is turned back upon itself in the form of spring 8 upon which a rectangular housing 9 is secured and which has upstanding bearing angles 10 to support a cuff clamping lever 11. Housing 9 is slotted at both ends as at 12 to receive projecting lugs 13 from a spring s eeve g ip 14.- The sleeve grip is in Fig. 2 is a side elevathe shape of a U with the ends 15 bent inwardly to form jaws. The sleeve grip fits down into the top of the housing 9 which together with the lugs 13 and a spring 16, hold the grip in position. Slots 12 have a lock notch 17 near their bottom which is adapted to engage lugs 13. The spring 16 holds the lugs 13 in engagement with the notch 17 when the grip 14 is shoved down into the housing 9. Housing 9 is slotted on one .side as at 18, to allow a space for a linger 19 which is secured to grip 14 and is used to shove the said grip inwardly against the action of spring 16 and thus release lug 13 from engagement with notch 17. The inherent spring in grip 14 causes it to normally rest against the sides of housing 9. A cull 20 may be clamped between the lever 11 and strap 6 as shown in Fig. 4. The lever also clamps the housing 9 and slide 7 against movement along strap 6. In order to grip a coat sleeve 21, it is only necessary to press the sleeve down against and into the jaws 15 of grip 14 and to shove the grip down into the housing until lugs 13 catch the locking notches 17. The forcing clownward of the grip causes its side to move inwardly until the jaws grip the sleeve. The grip is released by shoving inwardly on linger 19. It will be understood that the device as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is adapted to adj ustably secure the cuff and the coat sleeve with respect to each other.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily sug est themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore, desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described, except as pointed out in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cuff holder, the combination of a spring band, a strap secured to the said band, means slidable with respect to the said strap for gripping a cuff securely with respect to the said strap and band, and means for gripping the inside of a coat sleeve,

whereby the relative prsitions of the cuff and sleeve are fixed as desired.

2. In a cult holder, the combination of a spring band, a strap secured to the sa d band, means slidable with respect to the said means integral with the said housing for closing the spring grip when it is pressed down into the housing, means upon the grip for locking the same with respect to the 1 housing in a gripped position, and means for releasing the grip from the said locked strap for gripping a cuff securely with respect to the said strap and band, said means including a spring slide, upstanding bearings upon the slide and a clamping lever mounted in said bearings and adapted to, grip a cufl' between the said strap and the said lever, means mounted upon the slide for position. gripping the inside of a coat sleeve, said PEDER T. MOLLER. gripping means including a housing slotted Witnesses:

at either end and on one side, a spring grip FRANK H. FOWLER, slidably secured Within the said housing,

WIN IFRED KNOPH.

.Gopie's of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

, Washington, D. C. 

